mechanic

Example Sentences

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The encyclopedia cites a 1939 Sunday Oregonian article stating that Thompson had been an auto mechanic when he invented the screw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

One New York City mechanic is raking in $2,200 a night, off a single pothole.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

He is a mechanic spraying WD-40 on an F1 car without wheels.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Rosalba worked in the accounting department of a mail order catalog company and later helped her husband run a mechanic shop in Granada Hills.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Mike Haley, the diesel mechanic, comes by in the afternoon like he promised when I found his number in the book.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick